Machine for assembling parts of box ends.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1908. P. L. BILLINGSLEY.

MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING PARTS OF BOX ENDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9.1907.

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MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING PARTS OF BOX ENDS.

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PERCY L. BILLINGSLEY, OF OAK, FLORIDA.

MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING PARTS OF BOX ENDS.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PEnoY L. BILLINGS- LE1, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oak, in the county of Marion and State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines forAssembling Parts of Box Ends; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to machines for assembling parts of box ends and myobject is to provide means for placing prepared strips of material inposition on the bed of themaehine to be assembled together.

A further object is to provide means for assembling the members afterthey have been placed in position over the bed of the machine.

A further object is to provide means to properly center the members,whereby the parts thereof will be in registration with each other.

for adjusting the several parts of the machine, whereby members ofdifferent lengths a one of the plungers employed in connection with themachine. Fig. 5 is a detail, sectional view thereof, as seen on line5-5, Fig. l. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the cross head and componentparts employed in assembling the members forming the box head. Fig. 7 isan end elevation thereof. Fig. 8 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 9 is aplan view of a guide employed for guiding a portion of the members onthe bed plate of the machine. Fig. 10 is an edge elevation thereof. Fig.11 is an edge elevation of a spring finger employed in connection withthe guide. Fig. 12 is a bottom plan View thereof. Fig. 13 is a top planview of a guide head and component parts carried thereby. 14 is a sideelevation thereof. Fig. 15 is a sectional viev. as

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed August 9, 1907.

A still further object is to provide means Patented July 21, 1908.

Serial No. 387,906.

1 seen on line 15-15, Fig. 13.

Fig. 16 is a sec tional view as seen on line 16].6, Fig. '15. Fig. 17 isa sectional view through one of the member-holding magazines and partsof the machine to which the same is secured. Fig. 18 is a perspectiveview of one of the magazines complete, and, Fig. 19 is a plan view ofthe members forming the end of the box, in their assembled position.

In building boxes or crates for shipping oranges, pine-apples, and likefruits, the walls of the boxes are formed of thin sheets of wood orveneer, thereby reducing the amount of lumber required for forming theboxes, and, at the same time, producing a very light weight article andin order to strengthen the box and prevent the same from becoming rackedor broken in shipping, a frame is provided for the heads of the box, towhich the strips of veneer are secured in any preferred manner, as bynailing. It has been the custom heretofore in preparing these frames toprovide the ends of two of the members forming the frame with tonguesand the ends of the opposite members with grooves to receive thetongues, thereby requiring that the members be nailed or bolted togetherafter the tongues have been entered in the sockets,

but it has been found that by providing substantially dovetail mortisesin the inner edges of two of the members and inserting thereincorrespondingly formed tenons on the ends of the opposite members, theseveral members may be rigidly secured together without employing nailsor bolts, after the parts are assembled and to save time and labor inassembling the several members forming the frame, the machine hereinshown and described has been constructed.

In accomplishing the proper assemblage of the several parts, it isnecessary to first place two of the members in position on the bed plateof the machine and introduce the opposite members over the bed plate andabove the members on the bed plate, when a cross head is lowered intoengagement with the members above the bed plate, which will result inlowering said members and directing the tenons thereon into the groovesin the opposite members, thereby assembling the several parts andforming a frame and to accomplish this result, I provide a bed plate 1,which is secured in any preferred manner between a pair of standards 2and. 3. The bed plate 1 is provided along each edge with de- I fillingflanges 4 and 5, said flanges being extended a distance beyond one endof the bed plate and provided at their upper edges with inwardlyextended ledges 6 and 7, respectively, on which are adapted to restslide plates 8 and 9, respectively, which are secured in position on theledges 6 and 7 by means of bolts, or the like, 10, said bolts extendingthrough slots 11 in ears 12 on the slide plates and threaded intocooperating ears 13 on the ledges 6 and 7, thus providing means foradjusting the slide plates laterally.

In assembling the box ends as previously set forth, two of the members14, forming two sides of the frame, are moved endwise onto the bed plate1, between the standards 2 and 3 and, in this instance, said members areprovided on their inner edges with dovetail notches 15, and in order toreadily accomplish this result, plungers 16 and 1 7 are mounted on theslide plates 8 and 9, respectively, and reciprocate below magazines 18and 19 carried above the plungers 16 and 17, respectively. The plungers16 and 17 are held against lateral movement, by securing to the upperfaces of the slide plates 8 and 9 and at opposite sides of saidplungers, guide rails 20 and 21. The plungers 16 and 17 are adjustablysecured together by means of over-lapping reach bars 22 and 23,respectively, the reach bar 23 having a seat 24 in its upper sur face,in which takes the free end of the bar 22, said bar 22, having anelongaged slot 25, through which extends a binding bolt 26 and by whichmeans the two reach bars are adjustably secured together.

The lower end of the bolt 26 is provided with ears 27, between whichextends the up per end of a reciprocating rod 28, the end of said rodentering a socket 29, so that the length of said rod may be increased ordecreased, as desired, a lock nut 30 being threaded upon the rod 28 tohold said rod in its adjusted position. The opposite end of the rod 28is pivotally secured to the upper end of the lever 31, which is in turnpivotally secured at its lower end to a shaft 32, carried in suitablebearings on the standards 2 and 3. Secured to the lever 31, at a pointbetween its longitudinal center and the rod 32, is an eccentric shaft33, which is in turn secured to an eccentric strap 34, secured in theusual or any preferred manner to an eccentric 35. The eccentric is fixedto a driving shaft 36, which extends laterally below the bed plate 1 andbeyond the standards 2 and 3, one end of said driving shaft beingprovided with the usual form of pulleys 37 and 38, one of which is adriving pulley and the other an idler, while the opposite end of theshaft 36 is'provided with a hand wheel 39, through which means the partsof the machinery may be propelled manually when desired. By thisconstruction it will be seen that when power is applied to the shaft 36,the eccentric will cause the lever 31 to swing upon its pivot point 32,thereby moving the plungers 1'6 and 17 longitudinally on the slideplates 8 and 9 and as the magazines 18 and 19 carry a plurality of themembers 14, said members will be successively fed onto the bed plate 1,the members descending by their own weight as soon as the plungers havebeen moved rearwardly from below the magazines.

The members 14, in passing onto the bed plate 1, are entered belowspring fingers 40 and 41, the spring finger 40 being secured to a guidestrip 42, extending along one edge of the bed plate 1, by means of astrap 43, while the spring finger 41 is secured to a block 44 at theopposite edge of the bed plate, by means of a strap 45, said fingersextending at right angles to their respective straps and having theirfree ends curved and bent downwardly. The lower faces of the fingers 40and 41 are provided with a plurality of serrations 46, which are at atangent to the path of the members 14, so that when said members areengaged by the fingers, the serrations Will' cause the members 14 tomove outwardly and firmly against their respective guides, therebyplacing and holding said members in position to cooperate with a pair ofmembers 47 employed for forming the opposite sides of the frame. Thesemembers 47 are provided at each end with tenons 48, which are adapted toregister with the notches 15 in the edges of the members 14 and in orderto place the members 47 in position to allow the tenons 48 to enter thenotches in the members 14, said members are placed over the bed plate 1at right an; gles to the members 14 and above the same and in order toaccomplish this result, flanges- 49 and 50 are secured to the face ofthe flange 5 and extend at'right angles thereto, said flanges being onopposite sides of the standard 3 and have mounted thereon slide plates51 and 52, similar to the slide plates 8 and 9, upon which are mountedplungers 53 and 54, said plungers moving longitudinally below magazines55 and 56, which are extended upwardly from the slide plates. Themagazines '18 and 19 and 55 and 56 are held in position by means ofangle plates 57 and 58 and 59 and 60, respectively, one section of saidangle plates 57 and 58 being secured to the guide rails 20, while theangle plates 59 and 60 are secured to the guide rails 61 on the slideplates 51 and 52.

The plungers 53 and 54 are secured together by means of reach bars 62,said reach bars being constructed similar to the reach bars connectingthe plungers 16 and 17, the binding bolt 63, in this instance, alsohaving ears 64 at its lower end, between which is pivotally secured alink 65. The plungers 53 and 54 are moved longitudinally on theirrespective slide plates by means of an L- shaped rocking beam 66, oneend of the body portion of said rocking beam being pivotally secured tothe outer end of the link 65, while the opposite end thereof ispivotally secured to a bracket 67, extending upwardly and outwardly fromthe upper ends of the standards 2 and 3, the angular extension 68 of therocking beam being in turn pivotally connected to a cross head 69, bymeans of an adjustable connecting rod 70, one end of said cross head 69having a lip 71, to which the lower end of the rod 70 is secured. Thecross head 69 is slidably mounted in ways 72 in the upper ends of thestandards 2 and 3, so that as the cross head. is moved upwardly anddownwardly, the beam 66 will be rocked on its pivot point 7 3, whichwill result in moving the plungers 53 and 54 longitudinally on theirrespective slide plates and, thereby, feeding the members 47 in positionto be connected with the members 14.

Secured between the standards 2 and 3 and above the bed plate 1 is aguide head 74,

which is provided at its central portion with a longitudinally disposedslot 75. Secured to the lower face of the guide head 74 are memberreceiving heads 76, said. heads extending longitudinally of the guidehead 74 and are each provided with a shank 77, which extends at rightangles to the head 76 and at a point adjacent the ends of the head, saidshanks being substantially one-half the width of the heads, so that whenthe shanks are secured in position on the guide head 74, the shanks willparallel each other and the ends thereof engage the projecting ends ofthe receiving head 76. Each of the shanks 77 is provided with a slot 78,which slots extend at right angles to the slot and the shanks areclamped in position on the guide head, byintroducing locking bolts 79through the slots 78 and 75 and by arranging the slots as shown, it willbe seen that the heads 76 may be adjusted both laterally andlongitudinally, thereby disposing the same in position to receivemembers of various lengths.

The members 47, in leaving the slide bars 51 and 52, pass below thereceiving heads 76 and between spring fingers 80 on the outer edges ofthe receiving heads 76 and guide strips 81 on the inner edges of thereceiving heads, the spring fingers 80 being secured at their centralportion to depending lugs 82 carried by said receiving heads, the endsof the spring fingers 80, at each side of the lugs 82, being curvedinwardly so as to positively clamp the members 47 while passing betweenthe spring fingers and guide strips and in order to positively retainthe members 47 between the guide strips and fingers and'prevent the samefrom dropping down as they are being moved inwardly by their respectiveplungers, the inner faces of the curved portions of the spring fingers80 and the inner faces of the guide strips 81 are provided with upwardlyinclined serrations 83 and 84, respectively, said serrations engagingthe edges of the members 47 and causing said members to travel upwardlyas they are introduced between the spring fingers and guide strips. Theserrations on the spring fingers and guide strips also serve to slightlybind on the members 47, thereby preventing the members from being movedinwardly by their respective plungers.

After the members 14 and 47 have been properly located upon the bedplate 1, the members 47 are forced downwardly and the tenons 48 enteredin the notches 15 and to readily accomplish this result, frames 85 areadjustably secured to the cross head 69 by means of bolts 86 extendingthrough said frames and through an elongateo slot 87 in the cross head69, said frames extending at right angles to the axial plane of thecross head and at equal distances to each side thereof. Secured to thelower faces of the extended ends of the frames 85, are assemblingplungers 88, which are adapted to engage the members 47 when the crosshead 69 makes its downward stroke and force the tenons on the members 47into the notches 15 of the members 14, the stroke of the plungers 88being such as to lower the members 47 until the faces thereof are flushwith the faces of the members 14. The assembling plungers 88 areadjustably secured to the frames 85, by introducing bolts 88 throughslots 89 in the ends of the frames 85, the lower ends of said boltsbeing threaded into the plungers.

If, for any reason, the tenons 48 should be slightly out of registrationwith the notches 15, the plungers 88 are each provided with a dependingprong 89, which prongs are so arranged as to register with the cornersof the frame, formed by the members 14 and 47 and should any of saidmembers be slightly out of alinement, the prongs will positively alinethe several members and hold the same in alinement While the members 47are being lowered by the plungers 88.

The lower ends 90 of the prongs 89 are curved inwardly, so that the freeends of the prongs will not engage the upper surfaces of the members, asthe prongs are descending and to allow the plungers to descend theirfull stroke, the bed plate 1 is provided witha plurality of cavities 91,into which the lower ends 90 of the prongs 89 extend, when the plungers88 are at their lowermost stroke. The ends of the cross head 69,extending beyond the standards 2 and 3, are provided with stub shafts92, to which are pivotally secured to upper ends of eccentric rods 93,said shafts being preferably formed in sections and telescoplcallysecured together, so that the ends of said rods may be adjusted asdesired. The lower ends of the rods 93 are provided with eccentricstraps 94, which are in turn operatively secured to eccentrics 95, fixedto the driving shaft 36. By this 0011- struction it Will be seen thatwhen the driv ing shaft 36 is rotated, the cross head 69 will be raisedand lowered through the medium of the eccentrics 95 and rods 93.

In operation, a plurality of members 14 are placed in the magazines 1Sand 19 and a plurality of the members 47 in the magazines and 56, saidmagazines being preferably constructed from channel irons 96, eachmagazine consisting of two sections of the channel iron, which rest in avertical position and are secured to their respective angle plates 57,58, 59 and 60 and are spaced a suitable distance apart to receive therespective members therebetween, said members resting in a horizontalposition, and, as the machine is adapted to assemble members of variouslengths, the sections at one end of the angle plates are vadjustablysecured thereto by providing said. angle plates with a series ofopenings 97, through which take screws,-

or the like, 98, and by which means the sections 98 are secured to theangle plates. After the magazines are properly filled, power is appliedto the driving shaft 36, which, when the parts of the machine areproperly set, will result in first moving the plungers 16 and 17inwardly, said plungers engaging the lowermost members 14, and drivingthe same endwise onto the bed plate 1 and below the fingers 40 and 41,respectively, one of said members being moved into engagement with theguide strips 42, while the opposite member is moved mto engagement witha yielding, adjustable strip 99, said adjustable strip being placed infront of the block 44 and is held in position by means of bolts 100,which. are carried by the strip 99 and extend loosely through bores 101in the block 44, the extreme outer ends of the bolts being threaded toreceive wing nuts 102. The bolts are greater in length than thethickness of the block 44, so that the strip 99 may be moved a distancefrom the block, and in order to yieldingly hold the strip 99 in itsadjusted position, a spring 103 is placed around each of the bolts 100,between the block 44 and strip 99, the tension of said springs beingsufficient to normally hold the strip 99 in its extended position.

As the plungers 16 and 17 are moving inwardly, the cross head 69 is onits upward movement, which will result in moving the depending end orbody portion of the rocking beam, 66 inwardly and disposing two of themembers 47 from the magazines 55 and 56 into engagement with the springlingers 80 and guide strips 81 on the receiving head 76 and above themembers 14, the parts operating the two sets of plungers, being so timedthat the forward stroke of the plungers 16 and 17 will have beenpractically completed, by the time the plungers 53 and 54 are finishingtheir outward stroke and the movement of the plungers 53 and 54 are socreasing the cost thereof.

timed that they will have completed their inward stroke, by the time thecross head 69 I 14, the prongs 89, resting in the corners of the frameat the time the cross head completes its downward stroke. Asthe crosshead 69 again starts on its upward movement, a new set of members 14 aremoved inwardly by the plungers 16 and 17, the inner ends of said membersengaging the frame, produced by securing together the two sets ofmembers, and forcing the same to one side or from below the cross head69, the strip 99, in this instance, yielding sulliciently to allow theframe to readily move from position between the standards. v

It will thus be seen that I have provided mechanical means for quicklyand successively securing the members together, forming the same-into aframe, thereby increasing the output of the frames and materially de- Itwill further be seen that by securing the members together in the mannerdescribed, the employment of nails or like devices, for securing themembers together, will be dispensed with and at the same time produce astronger and better frame.

that I claim is:

-1. A machine for forming frames for box ends, comprising thecombination with a bed plate and a plurality of magazines at one end andone side of the bed plate, adapted to hold a plurality of members anddeliver them in pairs, one pair being in a plane above the other pair;of means to dispose said members in position to be assembled together onsaid bed plate.

2. A machine of the class described, comprising the combination with abed plate and magazines at one end and one side of said bed platearranged in pairs and at right angles to each other, said magazinesbeing adapted to hold members; of plungers ar ranged in pairs andcooperating with said Y magazines, means to move said plungerslongitudinally, whereby the members Wlll be placed in pairs over saidbed plate, one pair l being in a plane above the opposite pair and atright angles thereto and means to assemble said members together,whereby a'frame will -be formed.

3. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with a bed plate, magazines adiacent said bed plate, saidmagazines holding frame-forming members, and .plun- 'ers ada ted to movesaid members in osition over the bed plate to be assembled; of

same, plungers adapted to move endwise be,

low said magazines, whereby members will be moved to a point over saidbed plate,

means to hold the members from the firstmentioned magazines upon saidbed plate, additional means to hold the members from thesecond-mentioned magazines above the members from the first mentionedmagazines and a plurality of assembling plungers, adapted to directportions of the suspended members in engagement with the members on thebed plate.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bedplate, having flanges thereon; of slide plates, adjustably secured tosaid flanges, said slide plates being arranged in pairs and extending atright angles to each other, plungers slidably mounted on said slideplates, means to adjustably connect said plungers in pairs, magazinesarranged in pairs, and above said plungers, said magazines being adaptedto hold frame forming members, guides on said bed plate adapted toreceive the members from one pair of magazines, spring fingers adaptedto engage said members, means on said fin ers adapted to direct themembers against the guides, a guide head above said bed plate, member receiving heads adjustably secured to said guide head, guide stripsdepending from said heads, spring fingers secured to said heads, meanson said spring fingers and guide strips to move the members from the oposite set of magazines against the lower face of the member receivinheads, means to operate said plungers and additional means to force saidmembers into cooperative relation with each other.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bedplate, magazines adapted to hold frame-forming members, and means todispose said members over the bed plate in pairs, one pair beingsuspended above the other; of assembling plungers vertically movableabove said members, registering prongs on said plungers, and means tolower said plungers, whereby said members will be pressed intocooperative relation with each other.

7. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with a bed plate, supporting standards therefor, saidsupporting standards havmg ways in their upper ends; of a pair ofplungers 1n alinement w1th the upper surface of said bed plate, memberholding magazines above said plungers, means to move said plungerslongitudinally below said magazines and deliver two of the members ontothe bed plate, a similar pair of plungers at one side of said bed plateand in a plane abovethe upper surface thereof, memberholding magazinesabove said plungers, a rocking beam connected to thelast mentionedplungers, means to operate said rocking beam, whereby the members fromthe second mentioned magazines will be moved inwardly and over themembers from the first-mentioned magazine, a supporting device for saidmembers and means adapted to engage said suspended members and directportions thereof into engagement with the members on the bed plate,whereby a frame will be formed.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bedplate, supporting standards therefor, a plurality of slide plates onsaid bed plate, plungers slidably. mounted on said slide plates,magazines above said plungers, adapted to hold frame-forming members,means to alternately reciprocate said plungers, whereby the members fromthe magazines will be placed in position over said bed plate to beassembled, one set of said members being in a plane above the oppositeset, a cross head slidably mounted in the upper ends of said standards,means to operate said cross head, assembling plungers adjustably securedto said cross head, depending .prongs on said assembling plungers,adapted to engage and hold said members in registration with each other,said assembling plungers engaging and assembling said members when thecross head is lowered.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bed platehaving flanges thereon, slide plates adjustably secured to said flangesand extending from one end of the bed plate, similar flanges secured toone of said flanges on the bed plate and extending at right anglesthereto, slide plates adj ustably secured to the last mentioned flanges,a pair of plungers slidably mounted on each set of slide plates, reachbars extending in wardly, from said plungers, one of said reach barshaving a seat therein to receive the end of the opposite reach bar andthe opposite reach bar having a slot, a binding bolt extending throughsaid reach bars, by which means the reach bars are adjustably securedtogether, ears on the lower end. of said binding bolts and meanspivotally secured between said ears, adapted to move said plungerslongitudinally on the slide plates.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bedplate, supporting standards therefor, and means to move frame-formingmembers in position to be assembled, a pair of said frame-forming members being at right angles and in a plane above the opposite pair ofmembers; of a guide head supported between said standards and above thebed plate, said guide head having a longitudinal slot therein, a pair ofmember receiving heads carried by the guide head and extendinglongitudinally therewith and at opposite sides thereof, shanks at rightangles to said receiving heads and fixed thereto, said shanks havingslots therein at right angles to the slot in the guide head, lockingbolts extending through the slots in the shanks and the slot in theguide head, whereby the member receiving heads may be adjusted on theguide head, guide strips at the inner edges of said receiving heads, alug at the outer edge of said receiving heads, spring fingers fixed tosaid lugs, the free ends of said spring fingers being curved inwardly, aplurality of upwardly inclined serrations on the inner faces of said'strips and fingers, adapted to engage and move the members upwardlyagainst the lower face of the receiving heads and means to depress themembers supported by the receiving heads and inter-locking the same withthe members on the bed plate.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bedplate, having supporting standards therefor, means to di rectframe-forming members in pairs over said bed plate, one pair being atright angles to the opposite pair and means to support one pair of saidmembers above the opposite pair; of a cross head vertically, slidablymounted in the upper ends of said standards, assembling plungersadjustably mounted on said cross head, alining prongs on said assemblingplungers, and means to lower said cross head, whereby the suspendedmembers will be lowered and parts thereof inter-locked with the memberson the bed plate.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a'bedplate, supporting standards therefor, having ways in their upper ends, across head slidably mounted in said ways, a driving shaft, eccentrics onsaid driving shaft and rods connecting said eccen trics with the crosshead; of two sets of plungers, located at the end and one side of thebed plate, respectively, a reciprocating rod secured to the plungers atthe end of the bed plate, a lever pivotally secured at one end to saidreciprocating shaft and at its opposite end to said standards, aneccentric on said drlving shaft, an eccentric rod between said eccentricand lever, whereby when the driv-v ing shaft is rotated, the plungers atthe end of the bed plate will be operated, a bracket extending laterallyfrom the upper ends of said standards, a rocking beam pivotally mountedon said bracket, means to pivotally 13. A machine for assembling themembers of composite .box ends, comprising a bed plate, means to disposetwo of the members in a separated position on said bed plate from oneend thereof and parallel to each other and additional means to bring anadditional pair of members from a difierentplane and from one side ofthe bed plate and place them in position to be assembled with themembers on the bed plate.

14. A machine for assembling members of box ends, comprising a bedplate, a guide head above said bed plate, means to dispose one pair ofmembers of a box end on said bed plate and additional means to bring theother pair of members from a different plane and' dispose them inengagement with said guide head and in position to be assembled with themembers on the bed plate.

15. In a machine for assembling the members of a composite box end,comprising the combination with a bed plate; of suitable means forbringing one pair of members into position thereon from one end of thebed plate, and additional means to bring the other pair from one side ofthe bed plate and from a higher or lower plane and dispose the same inposition to be assembled with the pair already placed in position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PERCY L. BILLINGSLEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. STUART, J. H. HARVEY.

